I have many favorite lines from Montreal owner Geoff Molson’s open letter to the Canadiens fans.

This one is my favorite:

We understand and appreciate hockey being a physical sport, but we do not accept any violent behavior that will put the players’ health and safety at risk.

Now keep that line in your mind as you watch Max Pacioretty in this video:

Now, obviously, just because Pacioretty threw such a reckless hit doesn’t mean he deserved what happened to him on the hit from Bruins captain Zdeno Chara Tuesday night. But it goes to show that it’s possible for a Montreal player to occasionally execute a “violent behavior that will put the players’ health and safety at risk.”

Chara has apologized and said he was going to reach out to Pacioretty. Yet the response in Quebec is still a desire to have Chara arrested and the owner criticizes the NHL ruling rather than calms the fans. What a fiasco.

I am a Boston Fan but seriously what a cheap shot did you have to post this, it just shows how classless we are, lets give it up somehow Chara did not get suspended and we go dig out archive hits. NOT very Classy

U just said that even if Chara is a class player he can/did a dirty hit and intend to injury Max since hes a crazy and didnt accept that push 2games ago…What a big baby that was lookign for is revenge since a month i hope hes khappy know

NHL’s been trapped in a cycle that kills the sport. Completing your checks is illegal by the rulebook, yet it’s encouraged by people in the mindset that think the Chara’s hit is all cool and normal. Chara injured someone, willingly or not. If high sticking or lobbing hte puck in the stands warrants a penalty regrdless of intention, why the fuck should anyone cares if Chara wanted to hurt him or not? He did, that’s it.

also

There’s a lot of funny stories coming from Ottawa. Where while Chara was liked there, he was feared as someone who could snap at any second with his teammates and more so with opponents.

Let’s just hope the justice do factor in the events leading to the near fatal hit to establish the intent behind the delevery. I see no escape for Chara. Justice will prevail and so will common sense. It’s a criminal affair and depending on Pax recovery there might be room for a civil court. There’s one thing I would like to point out and this should rally everybody: if you look at the replay. Chara’s hand accelerates with respect to his own body’s speed, clearly indicating he has been drueling for this for over a month.

Again, this cannot be denied in front of a judge just by saying I did’nt mean to hurt him sir? dahh!